Ume Destroy at Free Week

While we Austinites may have been lamenting the start of 2010 with the University of Texas’ loss to ‘Bama in the BCS Championship, down at the coolest venue in town, the Mohawk, local indie-rock titans Ume were ringing in the new year with burst eardrums and blood-curdling guitar-squalls, reaffirming their presence at the [...]

Blood and Thunder

NEW CRYSTAL CASTLES REMIX VIDEOHere’s a new video from Cannibal Cheerleader favorite Crystal Castles for their remix of White Lies‘ “Death” off the latter’s To Lose My Life… LP which leaked on this site way back in the day over here. A bizarre and psychedelic dark journey through a suburban teenager’s adolescence, the video churns [...]

Sunshowers and Static

UME LIVE AT EMO’S

Delivering a pummeling performance that rivaled hardcore shoegaze stalwarts, Austin’s own Ume celebrated Emo’s free week by brining their searing brand of experimental punk rock to a packed inside stage. Showcasing tracks from their new Sunshower EP, the trio blazed through fiery anthems that soared with guitar heroics one moment and seethed [...]

Never Gonna Let You Down Now…

CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER IN 2009

Happy New Years Cannibal Cheerleader faithful! Whether you’re just tuning in or you’re an old-school follower, we’d like you to know that 2009 is going to blow 2008 out of the water here on the blog. We’ve had more than one ‘returning to the fold’ post but this one represents a new [...]

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